by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822)
Translation by Roberto Ascoli ( flourished 1891-1930 )
Rough wind that moanest loud
Language: English
Rough wind that moanest loud Grief too sad for song; Wild wind, when sullen cloud Knells all [the]1 night long; Sad storm whose tears are vain, Bare woods, whose branches strain, Deep caves and dreary main, -- Wail, for the world's wrong!
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View original text (without footnotes)Published by Mrs. Shelley in Posthumous Poems, 1824.
1 omitted by Ives.Text Authorship:
- by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "A Dirge", written 1822, first published 1824 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roy Ewing Agnew (1893 - 1944), "Dirge: Rough wind", published 1924 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Creighton Allen (1900 - 1969), "A dirge", published 1936, rev. 1954, from Shelley Songs, Cycle of Ten Songs, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Antheil (1900 - 1959), "Dirge", published 1951 [ SATB chorus and piano ], from Eight Fragments from Shelley, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur C. Berdahl , "Dirge", c1936, first performed 1936 [ SSA chorus and kettledrum or contrabass ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Blake , "A dirge", published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Ten Poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley for voice and piano [sung text not yet checked]
- by Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), "A dirge", 1903, published 1982, first performed 1904 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs [1903-1904], no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "A dirge", c1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Henry Balfour Gardiner (1877 - 1950), "Dirge", 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Charles Edward Ives (1874 - 1954), "Rough wind", 1902 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frederick Septimus Kelly (1881 - 1916), "A Dirge", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marie Cornélie Cathérine Reynvaan (1854 - 1934), "A dirge", 1907 [ voice and piano or orchestra ], from Shelley-liederen, no. 4, Amsterdam : Alsbach, also set in Dutch (Nederlands) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Evelyn Hope Squire (1878 - 1936), "Rough wind that moanest loud", published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from Four Short Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Dutch (Nederlands), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Een klaagzang" ; composed by Marie Cornélie Cathérine Reynvaan.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Harald Genzmer.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Roberto Ascoli ( flourished 1891-1930 ) ; composed by Ottorino Respighi.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Augusta Guidetti ; composed by Giorgio Federico Ghedini.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Konstantin Dmitrevich Bal'mont (1867 - 1942) , "Похоронная песнь", written 1893 ; composed by Borys Mykolayovych Lyatoshynsky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický) , "Nářek", Prague, J. Otto, first published 1901
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 42
Canto funebre
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Rude vento, che diffondi in suon di pianto Un dolore troppo triste per un canto; Fiero vento che se il ciel di nubi è fosco, Fai suonar di notte a morto le campane; Uragano, le cui lagrime son vane; E tu, cupo dalle nude rame o bosco; O spelonche funerarie, o mar profondo, Voi piangete, voi piangete il mal del mondo.
Text Authorship:
- by Roberto Ascoli ( flourished 1891-1930 ) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792 - 1822), "A Dirge", written 1822, first published 1824
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936), "Canto funebre", P 108 no. 2 (1917), published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Cinque liriche, no. 2, Milan, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 61